美国有线新闻 CNN 美国感恩节假期出行人数创新高 5000万人因疫情吃不饱（在线收听）

And it starts with an overview of what we know about the holiday season so far with Thanksgiving behind us and Hanukkah and Christmas on the way.

今天首先来回顾一下这段时间的假期，感恩节已经过去，光明节和圣诞节即将到来。

Sunday was expected to be the busiest travel day in America since the coronavirus pandemic sank in early this year. We don't have final numbers for it yet, but we can report that roughly 1 million and 71 thousand people passed through U.S. airport checkpoints on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. That was the most since March.

上周日估计是今年年初冠状病毒疫情爆发以来美国最繁忙的旅行日。目前我们尚未掌握最终数据，但我们了解到，感恩节前的周三有约107万人通过美国机场安检。这创下三月以来的最高记录。

It was less than half the number of airline travelers on the same day last year but travel officials expected that more Americans would be driving this time around. So overall, fewer people were expected to travel during the pandemic but not by a lot as compared with last year. And that reflects a significant part of the population that said the pandemic would not affect their Thanksgiving plans though it did for many other Americans.

但这还不到去年同一天航空旅客人数的一半，但旅游官员预计这次会有更多美国人开车出行。因此，总体而言，预计疫情期间旅行的人数会减少，但不会比去年减少太多。这也反映了相当一部分人的看法，他们认为疫情不会影响他们的感恩节计划，尽管确实有许多美国人受到了影响。

Observers say the pandemic is part of the reason why an estimated 50 million Americans won't have enough to eat this year. "Feeding America", a hunger relief group, says that estimate of 50 million is 6 million short of where it was during the "Great Recession" whose effect sank in in 2008. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it set aside $850 million to help food banks with their running costs and food purchases. It says it has an additional $873 million available to buy farm products for food banks. The money came from the $2.2 trillion COVID Relief Bill that President Donald Trump signed in March.

观察人士表示，据估计今年有5000万美国人吃不饱饭，而疫情是造成这种情况的部分原因。饥饿救济组织“赈饥美国”表示，5000万这一预估人数相比2008年大萧条时期少了600万人。美国农业部表示，其拨出8.5亿美元帮助食品银行解决运营成本和食品采购问题。该机构表示，其还将拨付8.73亿美元帮助食品银行购买农产品。这笔资金来自唐纳德·特朗普总统3月签署的2.2万亿美元新冠肺炎救济法案。

As far as economic indicators go, an analyst with the National Retail Federation says overall stocks are up, home values are growing and wages are rising. So his organization expects that shopping sales will be higher this year than they were in 2019.

美国全国零售联合会的一位分析师表示，就经济指标而言，整个股市、房价和工资都在上涨。因此，其组织预计，今年的购物销售额将高于2019年。

Experts say that some Americans a?re willing to spend a little more on Christmas gifts to psychologically make up for some of the challenges they've faced throughout the year. But others don't have as much money to spend this time around, so predictions like this are a mixed bag and the way people shop have clearly been affected in 2020.

专家认为，一些美国人愿意在圣诞礼物上花更多钱，以从心理上弥补他们一年来所面临的一些挑战。但其他美国人这段时间没有那么多钱可花，因此这样的预测喜忧参半，人们在2020年的购物方式显然受到了影响。